What kind of license should I use?

[Christmas]

I'm looking for a license to protect the content of my site, which has some tutorials and HOW-TOs. Now I see this Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/legalcode) and the GNU Free Documentation License (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html). I'd like the last one but I could see that most of the websites I visit are using the Creative Commons License. So what should I go for?

[Kernel Sanders]

Make up your own license :cool:

[DoctorMO]

"To view this webpage you must jump up and down on one leg shouting 'woga woga woga'"

[Stormy Eyes]

Agent 0069's License to Thrill.

[Christmas]

I was looking for some serious answers you know. Thanks for the input anyway.

[G Morgan]

I'm looking for a license to protect the content of my site, which has some tutorials and HOW-TOs. Now I see this Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/legalcode) and the GNU Free Documentation License (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html). I'd like the last one but I could see that most of the websites I visit are using the Creative Commons License. So what should I go for?

It depends what you want. Do you want to allow people to only redistribute unmodified or do you wish to allow unrestricted modification. Do you want credit for your work or are you not interested either way.

The devil is in the detail, a license is only right or wrong if it fits what you want to do. Post what you want the end users rights to be and someone can find you a license that fits.

[Christmas]

I want to be given credit as I did (mentioned the wiki when it was the case etc) but I would also like to let everybody else to use it, copy it, redistribute it or post it in their own work. Something like GPL for software. Just the credit I'm after.

[BWF89]

If you don't care if someome takes your work and copyrights it under a restrictive licence use this one.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/

Same one that Wikinews uses

Heres some of the other CC licences:
http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/meet-the-licenses

[Christmas]

If you don't care if someome takes your work and copyrights it under a restrictive licence use this one.
No, it should have the same copyright license, not a restrictive one, so the documentation would be guaranteed to be free for everyone.

[Brunellus]

I think you're looking for Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution--Share Alike:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/

[Christmas]

I decided for the one recommended by Brunellus since nobody recommended the GFDL. There is their small picture and the text:

Copyright (C) 2006 Craciun Dan under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/).
I guess it's ok like this. Thanks everyone for your input.